Eighty percent of students enrolled in conventional classes who also participated in television classes preferred the conventional ones¶
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q2 i? Among students enrolled in conventional classes who also participated in television classes, eighty percent preferred the conventional ones. → Twyford 1959
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Twyford 1959¶
Twyford, L. (1959). Research Abstracts. https://eric.ed.gov
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The abstract of the television instruction study reports this preference figure for dual-enrolled students; it is a descriptive percentage with no test statistic or effect size printed.
"Eighty percent of the students who were en- rolled in conventional classes but who also participated in television classes preferred the conventional ones."
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Related Claims¶
- A Facts About Science Test showed no significant differences between instruction types or ability levels, but below-average pupils preferred televised biology while above-average pupils preferred conventional instruction — related
- Reservists accepted TV instruction, more than half preferring it to conventional classroom instruction — related
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Eighty percent of students enrolled in conventional classes who also participated in television classes preferred the conventional ones |
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Eighty percent of students enrolled in conventional classes who also participated in television classes preferred the conventional ones |
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